Nazara Technologies, a diversified gaming and sports media platform announced its un-audited Standalone and Consolidated results for the quarter ended 30th June 2022.
The platform’s revenue increased by 70% to Rs. 2,231 mn as against Rs 1,312 mn in Q1FY22 and a growth of 27% QoQ. EBITDA stood at Rs. 301 mn as against Rs. 301 mn in Q1FY22, and growth of 102% QoQ as the company invested in growth initiatives across its key segments. EBITDA margins stood at 13.5% v/s 22.9% for Q1FY22 and 8.5% for Q4FY22.
In this quarter, the company added another growth engine with Datawrkz, a US based advertising technology company.
Commenting on the Q1FY23 performance, Manish Agarwal, CEO at Nazara Technologies stated, “We are happy to report an all-round growth. The multi-pronged approach to capture opportunities have been yielding positive traction and we are in line with our target growth plans for FY23. The traction across businesses; E-sports and Real Money Gaming witnessed strong growth while addition of new growth engine in form of Datawrkz has augmented well for the business. We have also seen stabilisation of unit economics for our Gamified Early Learning business.
The overall revenue for Q1FY23 as against the previous year saw a healthy growth of 70%, leading to a PAT growth of 22% year on year. On the operating margin front, we have made investments in our business segments that will provide us with robust growth opportunities in the years to come. The company will continue to look for growth opportunities both organically and inorganically. In particular, we are looking to augment presence in Freemium segment especially in developed markets.”
